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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. McClean think that the room has become more important than?
(a) The children’s relationship with each other
(b) The children’s real friends
(c) The children’s attendance at school
(d) The children’s real mother and father

2. How long has the African veldt been in the nursery?
(a) Just this morning
(b) A little over a month
(c) One week
(d) About two weeks

3. What is described as, “It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon”?
(a) The nursery
(b) The outside
(c) The kitchen
(d) The backyard

4. Who says, “It’s just that the nursery is different now than it was before”?
(a) The husband
(b) The psychologist
(c) The wife
(d) Peter Hadley

5. What turns on and off as they walk through the house?
(a) The heat
(b) Music
(c) Television walls
(d) The lights

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn’t Dr. McClean think “feels good”?

2. Who says: “My God we need a breath of fresh air”?

3. When Lydia sits down in the chair, what does it do?

4. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?

5. How many children are there in the family?

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